Commentary for Bekhorot 4:2

לא אבהמה

not refer to the case of an embryo?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., where an Israelite gives a pregnant animal to a heathen to look after, both sharing the offspring while the animal itself belongs to the Israelite, the words 'although it is not permitted' referring to the embryo. We punish him by making him give the value of the embryo to the Priest. Hence we can deduce that one is forbidden to sell an embryo to a heathen.');">²</span>

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